The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals will hear the case again after previously letting the mandate take effect in April.
The Justice Department and the White House’s Office of Personnel Management have not yet responded to requests for comment.More than 3.5 million. That’s the number of federal employees who would be covered by the vaccine mandate, the White Housein December. As of December—before the vaccine requirement was first blocked in court—the Biden administration reported 92.5% of employees had received at least one vaccine dose and 4.
7% had received an exemption or extension, or had applied for one.requiring all federal workers to be vaccinated by November 22. The mandate was one of several the Biden administration imposed as a way to combat vaccine hesitancy and curb the spread of Covid-19, along with vaccine requirements for healthcare workers, large private employers and federal contractors. The mandates immediately came under significant criticism and were challenged in court.
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